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Coronavirus in your brain
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a form of imaging, invented in the 1970s by Paul C. Lauterbur, that has revolutionised medicine and surgery. Traditional X-Rays, or Computed Tomography (CT) are particularly good at looking at bony structures as they focus on density. This is the ‘thickness’ of different tissues in front of them. Magnetic resonance […]
GBM
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive adult brain tumour that exists, comprising of 16% of all adult primary brain tumours, they also occur in children, but this is more rare.(1) These tumours are the most aggressive subtype of a group of tumours known as gliomas. These come from glial cells which provide neurons […]
Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt
A ventriculo-peritoneal shunt is the most common long-term treatment of hydrocephalus. VP shunts have been in use for the past seventy years and are constantly evolving to meet the patient needs better. Nowadays there are different types of shunts that can be inserted, and the decision on which shunt should be used depends on the […]